PROF ED (15)

1) A student knows that the examination week is approaching, but instead of studying, he chose to
spend his time playing computer games. On the examination day itself, He opted to pray for miracles
rather than studying. Which attitude towards religion is displayed? Miracles rather than studying
which attitude towards religion is displayed?
a. Religion as fake
b. Religion as magic
c. Religion as authentic
d. Religion as real
2) ________ is/are used as medium/media of instruction in schools during the Spanish era.
a. The vernacular
b. English
c. Spanish
d. Spanish and the vernacular
3) The use of the integrated approach in both secondary and primary level subjects is a result of the
implementation of the ________.
a. Program for Decentralized Education
b. School-based management
c. Basic Education Curriculum
d. School First Initiative
4) What government program allows students who are not accommodated in community public
schools to enroll in private school at the government’s expense?
a. Government Assistance Program
b. Study now Pay later
c. Educational Service Contract System
d. National Scholarship Program
5) ________ was the 1980’s foremost educational issue.
a. Bilingual Education
b. Values Education
c. Accountability
d. Mainstreaming
6) The government’s educational program on ________ made the Philippine Education Placement
Test accessible for adults and out-of-school-youth.
a. Equitable Access
b. Quality
c. Quality and relevance
d. Relevance
7) College students are required to take a constitution course for them to ________.
a. Develop students into responsible and thinking students.
b. Acquaint students with the historical development of the Philippine Constitution.
c. Make students experts in terms of Philippine Constitution.
d. Prepare the students for law making.
8) ________ supports equitable access but on the other hand, quality might be compromised.
a. Open admission
b. School accreditation
c. Deregulated tuition fee
d. Selective retention
9) Educational institutions’ effort of developing work skills inside the school are aimed at ________.
a. Developing moral character
b. Inculcating love of country
c. Teaching the duties of citizenship
d. Developing vocational efficiency
10) In Piaget’s concrete operational stage, a teacher should provide ________.
a. Activities for hypothesis formulation.
b. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and order.
c. Activities for evaluation purposes.
d. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with.
11) Interpersonal intelligence is best shown by a student who ________.
a. Works on his/her own
b. Keeps interest to himself/herself
c. Seeks out a classmate for help when problem occurs
d. Spends time meditating
12) A student is finding it hard to read. When the guidance counselor traced the child’s history, the
counselor was able to find out that the student came a dysfunctional family, aside from that, the child
was abused and neglected. What could have caused the student’s reading disability?
a. Emotional factors
b. Neurological factors
c. Poor teaching
d. Immaturity
13) A child was punished for cheating in an exam. For sure the child won't cheat again in short span
of time, but this does not guarantee that the child won’t cheat ever again Based on Thorndike’s
theory on punishment and learning, this shows that ________.
a. Punishment strengthens a response
b. Punishment doesn’t remove a response
c. Punishment removes response
d. Punishment weakens a response
14) Laughing at a two-year old child who uttered a bad word is not a proper thing to do because in
this stage of the child’s life, the child is ________.
a. Considering the views of other
b. Socializing
c. Distinguishing sex differences
d. Distinguishing right from wrong
15) “Men are built not born.” This quotation by John Watson states
that ________.
a. The ineffectiveness of training on a person’s development.
b. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person’s development.
c. The absence of genetic influence on a person’s development.
d. The effect of heredity.
16) A child who is cold towards the people around him might have failed to attain what basic goal
based on Erikson’s theory on psychological development?
a. Autonomy
b. Initiative
c. Trust
d. Mistrust
17) A boy is closer to his mother and a girl is closer to her father.
These instances are under ________.
a. Oedipal complex
b. Phallic stage
c. Latent stage
d. Pre-genital stage
18) ________ are rights that cannot be renounced because they needed for a person to fulfill his/her
primordial obligations.
a. Perfect rights
b. Acquired rights
c. Alienable rights
d. Inalienable rights
19) A grade 1 pupil likes to play with his friends, but gets angry when defeated. Piaget’s theory states
that this pupil is under what
developmental stage?
a. Concrete operation
b. Formal Operation
c. Sensory motor
d. Pre-operation
20) Which describes Philippine education during the Spanish regime?
a. Establishment of a normal school
b. Vernacular as medium of instruction
c. Separation of church and state
d. Emphasis on religious instruction
21) Some Filipino teachers are sent abroad to study. We call them ________.
a. Insulares
b. Peninsulares
c. Pensionados
d. Reformists
22) Jose Rizal said that national redemption can be achieved by ________.
a. Gaining economic recovery
b. Stabilizing political situation
c. Opening our doors to foreign influence
d. Upgrading the quality of the Filipinos through education
23) A foreign who studying here in the Philippines was turned-off by the Filipinos’ lack of
punctuality and poor word choice:
a. Ethnocentrism
b. Xenocentrism
c. Colonial mentality
d. Culture shock
24) If you are a wise voter, you would vote ________.
a. A candidate who has the making of a public servant.
b. A neighbor who is closest to you in times of need.
c. A candidate who helped you by giving cash.
d. A godfather who gave your father a job.
25) A pregnant, unmarried woman aborted her baby to avoid disgrace. Is she morally justified to do
that?
a. No, the unborn child cannot be made to suffer the consequences of the sins of his/her parents.
b. Yes, it can save her and the child from disgrace when he grows up.
c. No, abortion is immoral.
d. Yes, it is better to prevent the child from coming into the world who will suffer very much due to
the absence of a father.
26) This constitutional provision is the full and partial integration of
the capable deaf and blind students in the classroom.
a. Creating scholarship for poor and deserving students.
b. Academic freedom
c. Providing citizenship and vocational training to adult citizens and
out-of-school youths.
d. Protecting and promoting the right of all citizens to quality education.
27) The difference between Christian and Muslim marriage, the former being monogamous and the
latter being polygamous is called ________.
a. Ethical Relativism
b. Acculturation
c. Enculturation
d. Cultural relativism
28) A perfect duty is exemplified:
a. Supporting a poor but deserving student school
b. Donating an amount for noble project.
c. Paying the worker the wages agreed upon.
d. Giving alms to the needy
29) Teachers are tasked with so many things to do aside from teaching. Sometimes these tasks
adversely affect their teaching. Does this mean that teachers should be only preoccupied with
teaching?
a. Yes, if they are given other assignments justice demands that they be properly compensated.
b. No, because every teacher is expected to provide leadership and initiative in activities for
betterment of communities.
c. Yes, because other community leaders, not teachers, are tasked to lead in community activities.
d. Yes, because teaching is enough full time job.
30) The brain’s left hemisphere is involved in ________ function.
a. Intuitive
b. Nonverbal
c. Visual
d. Logical
31) The Professional Teachers Code of Ethics does not cover ________.
a. Teachers in the tertiary level.
b. All full time or part time public and private school teachers and
administrators.
c. Teachers in all educational institutions at the pre-school,
elementary and secondary levels.
d. Teachers of academic, vocational, special, technical or non-formal institutions.
32) ________ is the start of Education in human rights.
a. Loving others
b. Caring for others
c. Liking others
d. Respects towards others
33) This is the objective of the continuous progression scheme that was introduced in the elementary
level in the school year 1970 to 1971.
a. Mastery of three r’s
b. Mass promotion
c. Pupils progression according to capacity
d. Access to education
34) Schema theory states that:
a. We learn by the process of conditioning.
b. We are passive learners.
c. We organize what we learn according to patterns.
d. We are totally conditioned by our environment.
35) If one asked to develop himself to the fullest, what need is he
trying to satisfy according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
a. Safety needs
b. Belongingness
c. Physiological needs
d. Self-actualization
36) Filipinization is violated if:
a. An educational institution is owned by a corporation of which 40% of the capital is owned by
Filipino Citizens.
b. An educational institution owned by a religious order
c. An American serving as president of the educational institution.
d. An Educational institution owned by a charitable institution.
37) Education during the American regime can be characterized as:
a. Centralized
b. Religious
c. Filipinistic
d. Decentralized
38) According to the Republic Act 7836 the licensure exam for teachers is with:
a. CHED
b. PRC
c. DECS
d. Civil Service Commission
39) Libel violates what particular human rights?
a. The right to one’s own life
b. The right to make a livelihood
c. The right to one’s honor
d. The right to property
40) We owe today’s widespread Philippine educational system to:
a. The first Filipino political leaders
b. The Japanese
c. The Americans
d. The Spaniards
41) Thomasites are:
a. The soldiers who doubted the success of the public educational system to be set in the Philippines.
b. The first American teacher recruits to help establish the public
educational system in the Philippines.
c. The first religious group who came to the Philippines on board the US transport named Thomas.
d. The devotees of St. Thomas Aquinas who came to evangelize.
42) During the American regime, they named the American soldiers, who were recruited to help set
the public educational system, as Thomasites because:
a. They arrived here during the feast of St. Thomas.
b. They first taught at UST.
c. They were devotees of St. Thomas Aquinas.
d. They disembarked from the CIS Transport called Thomas.
43) The following functions are done by the brain’s right hemisphere except:
a. Nonverbal functions
b. Intuitive functions
c. Detail-oriented function
d. Visual function
44) The right brain involves ________ functions.
a. Visual. Intuitive, Logical
b. Visual, Nonverbal, Logical
c. Visual, Intuitive, Nonverbal
d. Visual, Logical, Detail-oriented
45) This is a Filipino trait that involves practicing values in
different regions and social groups.
a. Crab mentality
b. Procrastination
c. “Kanya-kanya” mentality
d. Existential intelligence
46) In the Philippine culture, the term “bahala na” implies:
a. Lack of self-reliance
b. Lack of foresight
c. Willingness to take risks
d. Indolence
47) Who is the forerunner of the presence of the Language Acquisition Device?
a. Watson
b. Chomsky
c. Gardner
d. Piaget
48) A teacher rewards a child for doing things correctly. This technique is called:
a. Conditioning
b. Chaining
c. Fading
d. Reinforcement
49) Erikson said that children aged 3-5 is most likely:
a. Mischievous
b. Ego-centric
c. Lazy
d. Altruistic
50) Erikson labeled children who are two years of age as “terrible two” because ________.
a. They are inquisitive
b. They are playful
c. They are sickly
d. They are assertive
ANSWERS:
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. D
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. B
16. C
17. B
18. B
19. D
20. D
21. C
22. D
23. D
24. A
25. C
26. D
27. D
28. A
29. B
30. D
31. A
32. D
33. C
34. C
35. D
36. C
37. A
38. B
39. C
40. C
41. C
42. D
43. C
44. C
45. C
46. A
47. A
48. D
49. B
50. D
PROF ED (1)
1) Researches established that complete coordination of motor activities is attained at?
a. pre-natal stage
b. childhood stage
c. adolescence stage
d. infancy
2) Parents and teachers are considered as authorities and models by children at the early childhood
stage. What does this statement imply?
a. Parents should enforce strict discipline at home and teachers in school.
b. Teachers and parents should serve as role models at all times.
c. Teachers should demand complete obedience from the learners in school.
d. Parent-teacher conference should always be an activity in school.
3) This is the stage when the learner becomes confused and starts to experience identity crisis. Which
of these stages is it?
a. early childhood
b. early adulthood
c. late childhood
d. adolescent
4) Which of the following will trigger additional development if a child is exposed to more
challenges and stimuli in his surroundings?
a. potentials
b. intelligence
c. emotional development
d. interest
5) Which of the following is usually considered the most important factor in a child’s observable
classroom behavior?
a. intelligence
b. heredity
c. cultural background
d. self-concept
6) Social adjustment means the ability to behave in accordance with?
a. social expectations
b. stereotyped behavior
c. social unrest
d. universal norms
7) Which of these theories holds that human activity is based on the interaction of stimuli and
responses?
a. association
b. vector
c. cognitive-field
d. social-learning
8) The tendency to imitate elders is very strong in the early childhood stage. Teachers should
therefore be very good?
a. role models
b. counselors
c. facilitators of learning
d. disciplinarians
9) Psychologically, there is unity in all learning. However, there are distinct types of learning that are
recognized. One is affective learning that involves:
a. understanding of the external world through the use of the senses
b. formation of concepts and ideas
c. acquisition of attitudes, ideals, judgment and values
d. acquisition of facts and information
10) Identical twins are more alike than fraternal twins. Which of the following statements/principles
is supported by this?
a. Heredity has a part in determining physical appearance.
b. Intelligence is determined partly by pre-natal nutrition.
c. Environment affects both fraternal and identical twins.
d. Intelligence hinges in physical structure.
11) Children’s interests are generally largely dependent on their experiences. Which of the following
is an implication of this statement?
a. The curriculum should provide vital experiences if the school must use its opportunities to develop
interest.
b. A large part of the subject matter has to be easy if they are to be interesting and within the
learner’s experience.
c. The experience of the child reduces the area in which the school may choose to develop interests.
d. The school should not develop interest outside the experience of the child.
12) The female gonads which are responsible for the production of egg cells are also called
________.
a. uterus
b. ovary
c. fallopian tube
d. cervix
13) It is the process by which an organism inherits the characteristic traits of the parents.
a. heredity
b. maturation
c. development
d. fertilization
14) The child’s concept of right and wrong is based on external criteria laid down by adults during
the stage of pre-conventional morality. This is based on the ideas of?
a. Erikson
b. Freud
c. Kohlberg
d. Piaget
15) During the pre-operational stage, language skill emerges and the child uses words to represent
ideas. This theory is attributed to ________.
a. Wallace
b. Piaget
c. Kohlberg
d. Dewey
16) When the daughter is competing with the mother for the father’s attention, the daughter is said to
be experiencing ________.
a. electra complex
b. identity crisis
c. oedipus complex
d. sexual deviation
17) Denzel’s mother noticed that her son always wants to get her attention and is jealous of his
father. Denzel then can be classified under what psychoanalytic stage of development?
a. latency
b. genital
c. phallic
d. sexual deviation
18) Classical conditioning theory is always attributed to him for his experiment involving the dog’s
salivation as a reaction to the sound of the buzzer.
a. Bandura
b. Lewin
c. Pavlov
d. Skinner
19) Section 5, Article XIV, of the Constitution states that academic freedom shall be enjoyed in:
a. state colleges and universities
b. all institutions of higher learning
c. public assemblies
d. all levels of learning
20) As provided for in the Education Act of 1982, how are the institutions of learning encouraged to
set higher standards of quality over and above the minimum required for state recognition.
a. academic freedom
b. continuing professional education
c. formal education
d. voluntary accreditation
21) Which if these statements regarding professional teachers is the major difference in the
professionalization of teachers and teaching as promulgated in Presidential Decree 1006 and
Republic Act 7836?
a. Assigned at the tertiary level in both private and state colleges and universities.
b. Assigned at the elementary and secondary levels in both public and private schools.
c. Holder of valid professional licensure and certificate of recognition.
d. Appointed on full-time basis and on a permanent status.
22) Education is a continuous process of experiencing and of receiving or reorganizing experiences,
according to John Dewey. Which of the following situations is apt to happen in education as
influenced by Dewey’s philosophy?
a. Education takes place in the school where the individual is exposed to specific, self-contained
experiences.
b. Education may take place anywhere and anytime the individual desires.
c. Education is never completed and goes on throughout life.
d. Education may take place formally or informally to enable the individual to grow.
23) The main function of philosophy of education is to ________.
a. Define the goals and set the direction for which education is to strive.
b. Aid the learner to build his own personal philosophy.
c. Reconsider existing educational goals in the light of society’s needs.
d. Provide the academic background prerequisite to learning.
24) A teacher who subscribe to the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience
should follow learning. In her teaching, she therefore exerts effort in?
a. Requiring learners full mastery of the lessons.
b. Encouraging learners to memorize factual knowledge.
c. Equipping learners with the basic abilities and skills.
d. Providing learners opportunities to apply theories and principles.
25) “The control and the administration of all educational institutions shall be vested in the citizens
of the Philippines” is stipulated in ________.
a. P.D. 6-A
b. P.D. 1006
c. P.D. No. 176
d. 1987 Constitution
26) The first kindergarten also known as “a garden where children could grow” was the product of
research by ________.
a. Pestalozzi
b. Herbart
c. Rousseau
d. Froebel
27) Which of the following embodies the operation “Return to the Basics”?
a. New Secondary Education Curriculum
b. National Elementary Achievement Test
c. National Secondary Achievement Test
d. New Elementary School Curriculum
28) Which of the following is a mandate of the 1987 Constitution that the state shall maintain to fight
illiteracy?
a. Formal and non-formal education should be free and compulsory for all children and adults.
b. Free education in both elementary and high school and compulsory in elementary education for all
children of school age.
c. Education at all levels should be free and compulsory.
d. Free and compulsory education for both elementary and high school for all children of school age.
29) Which of these philosophies is reflective of that Dewey’s which stresses the development of an
individual capable of reflective thinking specially that of being able to solve the problem he faces
individually or collectively?
a. Developmentalism
b. Experimentation
c. Rationalism
d. Disciplinism
30) Which of the following abilities is stresses by humanistic education?
a. Enjoy the great works of man such as the classics.
b. Learn the different philosophies of education.
c. Make man distinctly civilized, educated and refined.
d. Develop man into a thinking individual.
31) The Athenian ideal of education is to form a cultural soul in a graceful and symmetrical body.
How can this be achieved?
a. by giving more focus on health education.
b. by adapting the philosophy “know thyself”.
c. by improving emphasis on physical education.
d. by a well-balanced development of mind, body and soul.
32) The government prescribes a higher percentage on the administration of educational institutions
to Filipino citizens in order to ________.
a. Ensure the teaching of Filipino.
b. Minimize the unemployment problem.
c. Protect the rights of the citizens.
d. Produce globally competitive graduates.
33) Which of the following was the fundamental reason why John Dewey proposed a transformation
of the public school system?
a. He recognized that a traditional academic education did not serve the ideals of a democratic
society.
b. He recognized that the intellectual motivation of the students was declining.
c. He recognized that industrialization was destroying the home, neighborhood, and church.
d. He recognized that change and innovation were essential ingredients of the progressive movement.
34) Basic education includes secondary education. Which of the following contributed to the
establishment of secondary schools?
a. Humanistic education
b. Reformation
c. Rationalism
d. Realistic
35) His philosophy advocated a classical type of liberal education or the study of the humanities.
a. Irving Babbit
b. Jean Jacques Rosseau
c. John Dewey
d. Aristotle
36) What was the philosophy of education in the Philippines before the establishment of public
school system?
a. Idealism
b. Realism
c. Humanism
d. Pragmatism
37) Which of these options was not recommended by EDCOM?
a. provisions for special education
b. institutionalization of pre-school education
c. strengthening of Values Education
d. increasing the number of state colleges and universities
38) The present military training in our school curriculum is an influence of ________.
a. Greece
b. Athens
c. Sparta
d. Rome
39) The Royal Decree of December 20, 1863 established in the Philippines a system of ________?
a. high school education.
b. intermediate education.
c. higher education.
d. primary education.
40) Whose philosophy expounded the concept of the laboratory school?
a. Plato
b. John Dewey
c. Jean Jacques Rosseau
d. Irving Babbit
41) Whose philosophy influenced the present emphasis on Character Education and Values
Education in our school system?
a. Confucius
b. Tagore
c. Gandhi
d. Bonifacio
42) Who expounded on the need to study the child carefully for individualized instruction?
a. Bocaccio
b. Ascham
c. Erasmus
d. De Feltre
43) Tutoring of learners is now practiced in our school provided it is not done by their own teacher
but by an outsider. Which of these Western philosophies influenced this practice?
a. Egyptian
b. Greek
c. Roman
d. Athenian
44) Whose philosophy inspired the inclusion of Physical Education in the curriculum and the
replacement of lectures with textbooks?
a. De Feltre
b. Bocaccio
c. Petrarch
d. Erasmus
45) The present Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act had its beginning on what period of
Roman History?
a. A.D. 275-259 – government established a monopoly on education
b. A.D. 100 – A.D. 175 – government increased its subsidy for education
c. 132 B.C. – A.D. 100 – Latin literature and grammar were perfected
d. 295 B.C. – 153 B.C. – schools were elementary only
46) He suggested that competition and awards should be used to motivate people.
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Herbart
d. Socrates
47) The singing of the National Anthem is an offshoot of the philosophical ideals of ________.
a. Nationalism
b. Naturalism
c. Pragmatism
d. Socialism
48) The idea of Practical Arts and Home Economics subjects for boys is the philosophy of ________.
a. Confucius
b. Gandhi
c. Rizal
d. Tagore
49) A popular mass education for the Filipinos under the American regime came into being upon the
passage of ________.
a. Act No. 74 in 1901
b. Education Decree of 1863
c. Monroe Education Survey of 1929
d. Royal Decree of 1865
50) An adolescent combines his ability to use deductive and inductive reasoning in realistic rules that
he can respect and live by. When he does this, how does he perceive his environment?
a. He views the world from his own perspective.
b. He sees the world through the eyes of other people.
c. He interprets events from a limited point of view.
d. He sees events apart from himself and other people.
ANSWERS:
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. C
19. B
20. D
21. C
22. C
23. A
24. D
25. D
26. D
27. D
28. B
29. A
30. C
31. D
32. C
33. A
34. D
35. B
36. D
37. D
38. C
39. D
40. B
41. A
42. C
43. D
44. A
45. A
46. B
47. A
48. A
49. A
50. A